David Byrne (playwright)

David Byrne is a British playwright and the artistic director of the New Diorama Theatre in Camden, London.[1] Byrne has also written for radio and television.[2]

Byrne has won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain and the List Awards for Drama,[3] a Les Enfants Terribles Prize and the London Off West End award for Best Artistic Director.[4]

Byrne's adaptation of Down and Out in Paris and London sold out at the Edinburgh Festival in 2015 and received multiple four and five star reviews[5] before transferring to London.[6]

The New Diorama Theatre, under Byrne's artistic directorship, has won two Empty Space Peter Brook Awards.[7]

References
  1. "NDT Staff Members". New Diorama Theatre. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. "JTM". www.jtmanagement.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. http://feastcreative.com, Feast Creative |. "NDT Staff Members | New Diorama". newdiorama.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. "Southwark Playhouse's Titanic wins big at Off West End Theatre Awards | News | The Stage". The Stage. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. Jones, Ralph (9 August 2015). "Edinburgh fringe theatre 2015 review – a feast of shock, awe, robotic acting and bad French accents". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  6. "Down And Out In Paris And London". Broadway Baby. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  7. "New Diorama Theatre (@newdiorama) | Twitter". www.twitter.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.



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